down here in Texas late summer means super high surface temps and often pretty low O2. I Fish these on the windy side of the lake if I can, and nearly dark to full blown night time. I like the dark moon, and a few days either side of a full moon. I swear things are strange in nature on a full moon
Appreciate this man. Just found a jitterbug hiding in my box and decided to try it this morning. Didn’t get nothing but I’ll definitely keep giving it a try.
To get more total strikes go with the medium size, add the larger sharper hooks, and never pause it. Fan cast and keep it gurgling at a medium retrieve. Never expect tons of strikes on these, expect serious strikes. If I wouldnt use one with a little kid or in a tournament, Id use it when little bass and tiny strikes just dont cut it
you ever drill bubble holes in the blade? I used like a 4mm drill bit and put 3 holes across each side of one of my large ones and it leaves a great bubble trail. I haven't tried it at night yet
Convinced my nephew to grab the combo pack that has the green n black ones and a hula popper as a bonus. He thinks they're garbage bcuz we cant catch anything with them here in florida. Im wondering what the problem is because in san diego i used to CRUSH it with both these baits.
I have best luck in the evening, but I have day dreams of an all pearl, or maybe silver shad or something like that, that would work well late morning around standing timber in deeper water
Awesome video buddy! New subscriber here! Love your channel! Quick question, I used a jitterbug for the first time yesterday. Third cast and a little bass busted this bait, which was 😎, but the lure didn’t seem to want to run right after that. Any thoughts on why that is? Everything looks like it did before I caught the fish. Thanks for your help
yeah they drift to one side sometimes which can make staying on a fan cast pattern, or working edges a challenge. Some things to try: 1) right where the eyelet attaches to the blade, make sure thats nice a loose and not binding up. 2) use floating line like a floating braid and keep your rod tip up, regardless of size the line being sunk bellow the blade will make your action wonky 3) you can use a pair of good needle nose and bend the blade edges (the far outside edge both left and right) at a 90, kinda boxing off the blade, only like 1/8th inch or like 4mm of blade on each side of a big bug. Sometimes that will tighten them up and get them running smooth, but ive only tried that on my biggest ones.
How big a rod I use is mostly determined by the type of bank Im fishing, or how much water I need to cover. I grew up throwing the large jitterbug on a 6' pistol grip fiberglass rod, and roll casting to keep the lure out of overhanging trees. Now Ill throw the big jitterbug on a 6.5-7' graphite rod with a good mono if there are sparse trees, or im fishing off the kayak. I use medium heavy rods with relatively quick tips when fishing topwaters. Big topwaters like these dont get tons of strikes they get a few big ones, so dont go with huge gear thats going to wear you out over the day. Im using P-line for my mono and PowerPro for my braid, though Im not happy with it and will probably find something else. I prefer lines that are clear, smoke, or green. I will only use red or green lines on my catfish set ups
what line you use can with antique lures is a bit of boondoggle sometimes. With Jitterbugs I use P-line mono, and a 7' berkley lightning rod. Im not even sure they still make those. You may want to use braid, which you can do with the large jitterbug model with cut hooks, you should NOT use braid with Devil's Horses, I have tons of lure fouling problems with those unless I remove the front prop. I should do a video on some other modified classics.
The rod completely depends on if Im fishing off the bank or out of the kayak. I fish 7' med-heavy most of the time in general but out of the kayak i use shorter rods (6-6.5) , just more practical for me. I like floating braid, but braid is expensive and kind of annoying if there is a lot of wind. When Im just fun fishing I throw green P-line mono and flouro. If im on Ray Roberts or Texoma then its going to be 20+ pound line. On these little ponds 15 tops.
Im working on The Devils Horse. The line fouling is an annoying problem. I THINK the key on those is going to be to go to a much heavier cut treble to deal with the body roll that causes a lot of the line fouling.
Jitterbug is my go to lure, i know they're not always hot but when they hit they cant be beat
I've been using this lure sense the late 1960's and my go to lure as well. Can't be beat 👍🎣
@@Robert-hr6sh what time of year do you have the most success with it? Late summer was rough for me this year! Any general tips for a young fisherman?
down here in Texas late summer means super high surface temps and often pretty low O2. I Fish these on the windy side of the lake if I can, and nearly dark to full blown night time. I like the dark moon, and a few days either side of a full moon. I swear things are strange in nature on a full moon
Appreciate this man. Just found a jitterbug hiding in my box and decided to try it this morning. Didn’t get nothing but I’ll definitely keep giving it a try.
To get more total strikes go with the medium size, add the larger sharper hooks, and never pause it. Fan cast and keep it gurgling at a medium retrieve. Never expect tons of strikes on these, expect serious strikes. If I wouldnt use one with a little kid or in a tournament, Id use it when little bass and tiny strikes just dont cut it
I'm just got one of these thanks for the info
What color did you go with
So informative about top waters thank you!
Black jitterbug at night or low light is about the best big fish bait I know of
you ever drill bubble holes in the blade? I used like a 4mm drill bit and put 3 holes across each side of one of my large ones and it leaves a great bubble trail. I haven't tried it at night yet
Was the right-sized, black one you showed a 2.5" or 3" ?
A valuable tutorial sir. 💎
Thank you.
HD V-Vet 🇺🇸
Convinced my nephew to grab the combo pack that has the green n black ones and a hula popper as a bonus. He thinks they're garbage bcuz we cant catch anything with them here in florida. Im wondering what the problem is because in san diego i used to CRUSH it with both these baits.
This is my favorite lure to use late in evening from about 5-8 pm i always get fish laye in evening with this lure
I have best luck in the evening, but I have day dreams of an all pearl, or maybe silver shad or something like that, that would work well late morning around standing timber in deeper water
Never caught shit on my jitter bug I'm tryin after you
Awesome video buddy! New subscriber here! Love your channel! Quick question, I used a jitterbug for the first time yesterday. Third cast and a little bass busted this bait, which was 😎, but the lure didn’t seem to want to run right after that. Any thoughts on why that is? Everything looks like it did before I caught the fish. Thanks for your help
yeah they drift to one side sometimes which can make staying on a fan cast pattern, or working edges a challenge. Some things to try: 1) right where the eyelet attaches to the blade, make sure thats nice a loose and not binding up. 2) use floating line like a floating braid and keep your rod tip up, regardless of size the line being sunk bellow the blade will make your action wonky 3) you can use a pair of good needle nose and bend the blade edges (the far outside edge both left and right) at a 90, kinda boxing off the blade, only like 1/8th inch or like 4mm of blade on each side of a big bug. Sometimes that will tighten them up and get them running smooth, but ive only tried that on my biggest ones.
REally the main things to top that side-slide, put on a split ring and keep the rod tip above your waist.
What size of EWG hook?
I use 2/0 and 3/0 frog hooks. I love Gamakatsu and Mustad. 3/0 is pretty much perfect on most of my lures
Cool video! What type of line and rod for this specific lure
How big a rod I use is mostly determined by the type of bank Im fishing, or how much water I need to cover. I grew up throwing the large jitterbug on a 6' pistol grip fiberglass rod, and roll casting to keep the lure out of overhanging trees. Now Ill throw the big jitterbug on a 6.5-7' graphite rod with a good mono if there are sparse trees, or im fishing off the kayak. I use medium heavy rods with relatively quick tips when fishing topwaters. Big topwaters like these dont get tons of strikes they get a few big ones, so dont go with huge gear thats going to wear you out over the day. Im using P-line for my mono and PowerPro for my braid, though Im not happy with it and will probably find something else. I prefer lines that are clear, smoke, or green. I will only use red or green lines on my catfish set ups
what line you use can with antique lures is a bit of boondoggle sometimes. With Jitterbugs I use P-line mono, and a 7' berkley lightning rod. Im not even sure they still make those. You may want to use braid, which you can do with the large jitterbug model with cut hooks, you should NOT use braid with Devil's Horses, I have tons of lure fouling problems with those unless I remove the front prop. I should do a video on some other modified classics.
The rod completely depends on if Im fishing off the bank or out of the kayak. I fish 7' med-heavy most of the time in general but out of the kayak i use shorter rods (6-6.5) , just more practical for me. I like floating braid, but braid is expensive and kind of annoying if there is a lot of wind. When Im just fun fishing I throw green P-line mono and flouro. If im on Ray Roberts or Texoma then its going to be 20+ pound line. On these little ponds 15 tops.
Im working on The Devils Horse. The line fouling is an annoying problem. I THINK the key on those is going to be to go to a much heavier cut treble to deal with the body roll that causes a lot of the line fouling.